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THE 

BLACK 
F A M I LY 


Their .Character and Influence 

BY 

REV. S. L. FLOWERS 

AUTHOR or 

“SHE HAD A REASON,” “TRICKS 
OF THE DEVIL,” “ UNRULY 
MEMBER,” ETC. 


Special Rates to Agents and 
Evangelists. 


Published by 

THE FLOWERS PUBLISHING CO., 
Kearoey. Nebraska. 



578 


Copyright, 1911 

By The Flowers Publishing Co. 


C;CI.Aa889i4?- 


Dedicatory 

To all who love 'purity of life and of principle^ 
and who are doing all in their power to 
raise the standard of purity in this great 
comrncm-wealth of ours. And the millions of 
precious men and women^ who are hound hy the 
chains of passion and of appetite. This volume 
is lovingly dedicated hy the Author. 


CONTENTS 


Page 

Chapter I — Who They Are and Where They Live 7 
Chapter II— Mr. Voter Comes Home; Sends for His 
Three Daughters; A Conference- - - 9 

Chapter III — Mr. Voter Comments on Liquor Traffic’s 


Keport and Calls for Report From Dance; Her 
Report - - - - 17 

Chapter IV — Mr. Voter Comments on Dance’s Report 
and Calls for a Report from Prostitution; Her 
Report. . . - 34 


Chapter V — Mr. Voter Comments on Prostitution’s 
Report; He Addresses the Conference; The Con- 
ference Adjourns; Three Black Sisters Return to 


Their Different Fields of Labor. - 37 

Chapter VI. — The Wedding - - 43 

Chapter VII — The Plot. - - 5l 

Chapter VIII. — The Arrest and Trial. - 54 

Chapter IX-— The Execution. • - - 56 

Chapter X. — Prostitution is Free; She Changes Her 
Name - . . . . 57 


Chapter XI. — The Wedding and Reigns of Peace 58 


AUTHOR’S PREFACE 


“The Black Family,” may seem like a queer name 
to give a book; but after reading the contents of this 
book, it probably will not seem so strange. 

The three daughters of the “ Black Family” are in 
character, indeed, most black, and their influence awful. 
The soul-damning powers of each is about equal, yet, 
the youngest of the three daughters. Prostitution, has 
to depend almost entirely on her eldest sister and 
Dance for her power. 

The father of these black sisters is a powerful man, 
whose influence is world-wide, and while his three 
daughters are in perfect subjection to him, and would 
cease their awful work at a word from him, yet he 
does not choose to stop them, but spends his tim^ in 
giving orders to his daughters and their slaves (which 
are many) through his wife, Law, in their soul-damning 
work. 

The home of this “ Black Family ” is in the Legis- 
lative Halls in the White House at Washington, D. C. 

There are five in the family, Mr. Voter, the father^ 
has complete control of the business, and his wife 


Author’s Preface 

Law, is compelled to look to him for her orders, which 
she gives to her three daughters. 

The eldest. Miss Liquor Traffic is next in power, 
and authority, and helps her second sister. Dance, in 
her work of supplying her youngest sister. Prostitu- 
tion, with material for carrying on her work of de- 
struction. 

In the following pages we give in story form the 
relation of each of these evils to the present condition 
of things in this fair land of ours. 

We owe a great deal to Mrs. Charlton Edholm’s 
book, “Trafilc in Girls,” for the facts given in this 
work, and we would say here, that there is no book 
published on this subject that is doing more good than 
Sister Edholm’s book, a copy^of which may be secured 
by writing to the author of the “ Black Family.” 

In order that we do justice to these evils it will be 
necessary that we use some very plain language. 

If after reading this, my dear reader, you feel that 
it has done you good, will you not send several copies 
out to your, friends, and thus help in carrying on the 
good work? May the spirit of the living God go 
with and bless this work is my earnest prayer. 


THE BLACK FAMILY 


7 


CHAPTER I. 

The ‘‘Black Family;” Who They Are and Where 
They Live. 

In the Legislative Halls at Washington, D. C., back 
in a dark corner of the rooms, lives a family of five, known 
as the “Black Family.” The father, Mr. Voter, is a fine 
looking man, tall and stately, and from all appearances, a 
perfect gentleman. He is seldom at home ; in fact, so sel- 
dom that one who is not acquainted with the family 
would think that Mrs. Law is a widow woman; but for 
all this he is a very busy man, and his orders are carried 
out to the letter, for though he is so seldom at home, yet 
his power there is unlimited. 

His wife, Mrs. Law, via Voter, is a strong, healthy 
woman, of wonderful power ; but her power is not within 
herself, she receives all her orders from her husband, and 
must do as he says, as he is the head of the family. 

Mr. Voter is the happy (?) father of three daughters. 
The eldest, “Miss Liquor Traffic, via Voter,” next in au- 
thority to her mother. The second, “Miss Dance, via 
Voter,” and the youngest, and most helpless of the three, 
“Miss Prostitution, via Voter.” She has to depend alto- 
gether on her folks for her existence. These three girls 
only get to see their parents occasionally; but are deathly 


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THE BLACK FAMILY 


afraid of them, and especially of their father, Mr. Voter, 
for they know too well that he has the power to speak 
them out of existence, if he should choose to. Several 
times lately the eldest, Miss Liquor Traffic, has had to 
hide herself as her father has given her some awful hard 
whippings and has threatened her life, and of course the 
other two could not live long if their sister should die. 

Mr. Voter does not correspond with his daughters, 
but writes to his wife and tells her what he would have 
them do, and she is compelled to give them her husband’s 
orders, and the daughters are glad to carry out their 
father’s wishes. 

Prostitution’s home is used principally as a deposi- 
tory for the soiled goods from the houses of her sisters. 
Liquor Traffic and Dance. Sometimes they are compelled 
to call to their aid their three cousins. Penitentiary, 
Asylum and Gallows, to help dispose of some of their 
bad goods. 

Mr. Voter represents the Voters of the United States. 
His wife, Mrs. Law, represents the laws of the United 
States, which are made by the legislators whom the 
voters send to the legislature. The legislators will make, 
of course, the kind of laws their party calls for. 

Liquor Traffic, the eldest daughter, represents one 
of the laws made by this legislative body by consent of 
the voters. 

Dance, the next younger sister, represents that so- 
cial evil called the round dance. 

Prostitution represents the store room for the refuse 
coming from the house of Liquor Traffic and Dance. 


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9 


CHAPTER II. 

Mr. Voter Comes Home, Sends for His Three Daughters. 

A Conference. 

One bright morning Mrs. Law was surprised by see- 
ing the door open and Mr. Voter walk in. After passing 
the time of day, he asked his wife if the girls were at 
home, upon which she. answered that they were not, but 
would be in on the evening train, so they spent the rest 
of the day in talking over their business affairs. 

At about 5 o’clock in the afternoon the three daugh- 
ters, Liquor Traffic, Dance and Prostitution, came walk- 
ing in, and were rejoiced to find their father at home. 

After the usual greetings, Mr. Voter told them that 
his business home at that time was to hold a conference 
with them. The time for the conference was set for 7 
o’clock. After supper was over and the table cleared, 
the business session began. After a few moments’ silence 
Mr. Voter began the conference by saying: “Now, my 
daughters, I have not seen you for a long time, but I trust 
that you have done your year’s work, as nearly as pos- 
sible, as you were told to do at our last conference. I 
have been so busy myself that I have not had time to look 
after this work, so have left it in your hands. I will now 
hear your reports. 


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Liquor Traffic, your office being the most important 
of the three, you may give me your account first. What 
have you done the past twelve months? 

Liquor Traffic here takes out of a hand satchel a large 
roll bespattered with human blood. On unrolling it we 
see the writing is done with the same human blood. She 
rises to her feet, reads the report to her father, Mr. Voter, 
and it is as follows: 

Report of my work for the year 19. . to 19. . ,writ- 
ten for my father and protector, for the purpose of letting 
him know how faithful I am in carrying out his wishes. 
If I have made any mistakes during the year and have 
not wrought havoc enough to suit him, I beg of him to 
forgive and give me another chance. I assure him I will 
do better. • 

I know, as do all thinking people, that I owe my 
existence to father, for if he should choose by a single 
word from him I would cease to be. However, I feel 
sure he loves me too well to destroy me for awhile yet. 
I will now give you my report, father, as nearly as I can. 

Since we met in conference last year at this time, I 
have filled one hundred thousand graves with drunkards 
whom I succeeded in getting to take their first drink only 
a few years ago. This, you know, is my yearly average. I 
keep that number under headway all the time, so that at 
the close of each year I am at least sure of that number, 
besides the added list. 

I have contributed more than my usual number to 
the insane asylums, have sent hundreds to the penitenti- 
ary and have given the hospitals an exceptionally good 


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run. 

Out of the four million babies born this year I have 
caused five hundred thousand of them to be born idiots 
and one hundred thousand of them I have captured, by 
inherited appetites, for my use later on to fill the one hun- 
dred thousand graves as usual. 

I have broken up at least one hundred fifty thou- 
sand homes this year and have rejoiced at the broken 
hearts of fathers and mothers. To accomplish this, sister 
Dance and I have hustled their fair daughters off to sister 
Prostitutions house to be robbed of virtue, purity and 
everything that is godd. We have also made fools of 
their promising young men, and some have been sent to 
the pen, some the asylum, some to the gallows, for doing 
things that never would have been done but through us. 
As these things are what I am out for I feel good from 
the fact, dear father, that I know I am doing your bid- 
ding. 

I now call to mind one fair young lady that our sister 
Prostitution wanted. After using every other means that 
she could think of, she finally sent for sister Dance and 
me. Our aim was soon accomplished in this way : Pros- 
titution sent her friend, Mr. Procurer, to her and he suc- 
ceeded in getting this young lady to visit sister Dance 
with him. While there she hesitatingly accepted me in 
the form of a tempting sup of wine. This was the fatal 
step for which we were plotting. Not being accustomed 
to my use it did not take many sups to carry her to the 
lowest depths. The three of us, Mr. Procurer, Dance and 
myself, soon had her robbed of all virtue. Now, of 


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course, she knew that society would disown her and she 
even feared lest her parents should do likewise. Had she 
not heard them say more than once, when correcting 
some trifling error, things which now led her to dread for 
the worst? You may judge for yourself what a task we 
had next in persuading her to go and live with Prostitu- 
tion. Mr. Procurer got fifty dollars for her. Mr. Lust, 
a rich business man of Prostitutions home town, gave 
her five hundred dollars for the first month with this fair 
young girl, this child of fifteen summers. A few days 
later I witnessed the grief of her heart bro'ken mother. 
Yesterday’s paper announces her death.' The cause, 
which none could give better than I, it omits. This 
breaks up another home. You see, I haveYot been idle. 
Are you not proud of me, father? 

The grandest thing you have ever gotten us, father, 
is the license business. Why, people will allow anything 
in order to get that license money. They say: “J^^t give 
us your two thousand dollars and we will give you as 
many of our boys and girls as you want. They do not 
know they are borrowing money from the devil to edu- 
cate their children for Hell. 

Our great enemies, the Anti-Saloon League and W. 
C. T. U., we may well fear. More than once they have 
made me change my abode. Mr. Anti-Prohibition League 
which you anticipate organizing will put a stop to some 
of their nefarious work. I fear you have wafted too long; 
but it may be, if you will hurry up, you will be able to 
check their work. 

Your greatest blunder was voting for Local Option. 


THE BLACK FAMILY 


13 


Why, it threatens our very life in some Southern States. 

I cannot see, if you wanted me to go on with my work 
of damning souls, breaking up homes, breaking mothers\ 
hearts, filling hospitals, penitentiaries, asylums, brothels 
and grave-yards, why you should have done this. 

However, I feel very much encouraged when I see 
my totals and averages are in no way lacking. I have at 
present a total of nearly 500,000 drunkards, 250,000 street 
urchins, 100,000 starving widows, 300,000 lunatics, 275,- 
000 criminals, 300,000 fallen girls and numerous others in 
my list. I make it a point to damn at least 2,000,000 
souls each twelve months. 

Here is a little account of my work, written by some 
enemy, who hopes to do us harm. Well I know, father, 
how powerless he is while we can work together. I 
.will read the account. 

There are 230,000 fallen girls in the United States. 
Fifty per cent of these are from Christian homes and 
Sunday Schools, and three-fourths from country horned. 
Most of these precious girls have been decoyed into this 
life by one of the many tricks of the trade — “Traffic in 
Girls” — which is kept going by the “Liquor Traffic.” 

Their average life is only eight years. There are 
sixty thousand of our beautiful American girls dragged 
into a life of shame every year, five thousand every 
month, one hundred seventy every day, or a young life 
robbed of its virtue, the most precious thing ever pos- 
sessed by any human being, aside from the gift of God’s 
love, every eight minutes. My God ! have mercy on our 
land with such wholesale slaughter of our precious girls. 


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Whose child is safe? Is yours, father, mother? 

It would be impossible for this hellish business to 
go on but for the Liquor Traffic, because whiskey invari- 
ably goes to the base of the brain and arouses the animal 
passions; hence the great demand for our daughters on 
the part of drinking men. 

Mother, this year will call for sixty thousand more 
pure, sweet, innocent American girls. Some mother will 
have to stand aside with breaking heart and see her 
precious darling go to ruin. Shall it be you? 

Father, are you going to give to the Liquor Traffic, 
by your vote this spring, your precious girl of only thir- 
teen for the brothel? 

If some wicked villain, under the influence of intoxi- 
cating liquor, assaults and then sells her to the brothel 
for twenty or fifty dollars, don’t you say anything to him, 
for you have given him the right to get the stuff that 
made him mad enough to do the deed, so you have no 
right to bother him. 

It seems high time to call a halt, and put a stop to 
this terrible evil. Shall we do it, father? It remains for 
us to say. 

We, by our ballots, send men to the legislature to 
make laws, and if we send Republican, Democrat or Pop- 
ulist legislators we need not be surprised if they make 
laws allowing the free flow of liquid damnation to the 
destruction of the youth of our land, for this is one of the 
main planks in their platform ; but if we send Prohibition 
legislators they will make laws prohibiting the manufac- 
ture and sale of the stuff. 


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15 


Some one might say: “Yes, but the moonshiners 
will continue to make it, and the drunkards will continue 
to get it, thus adding the sin of the moonshiner and the 
blind tiger to that of selling the stuff, so it is better the 
way it is.” 

I grant you that this would be the case; but I will 
ask such an one this question : Do you suppose that you 
could add anything to the devil’s wickedness that would 
make him any Avorse? I think not. Neither can you 
make matters any worse than they are, no matter what 
step you take. There is no doubt that moonshine distil- 
leries and blind tiger saloons would abound in our larger 
towns; but by dispensing with the open saloon system 
we will save our youth from the awful ruin that is being 
brought upon them now by Liquor Traffic. 

When we think of the 100,000 graves that are being 
filled every year by this terrible monster, and all the 
degradation and privation it is bringing upon the help- 
less mothers and children of this country, it almost makes 
our blood run cold. 

What do we mean, men? Are we determined te 
bring down the wrath of Almighty God upon us? I 
think that it is high time that we wake to the awful con- 
dition of things, and put this damnable business out of 
our midst. We can do it by our ballots, and by them 
alone. 

May God speed the day when we shall be free from 
this awful disgrace that we are at present laboring under. 

“Now, father, you can plainly see by this article which 
I have just read in your hearing, what the public senti- 


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ment concerning me is. I feel sure that this will be a 
temptation to your better qualities (i. e. that part of you 
that wants prohibition) to try and down me this spring; 
but I plead for my life, father; only give me your sup- 
port and I promise to go on with my work of destruction, 
and do more this year than I have ever done before. 

Our sister. Prostitution, is not as true as she might 
be. Several times the last year she has made an effort 
to escape, so you will have to watch her, father, or you 
will lose her. It would never do to let her go, as sister 
Dance and I must have some place where we can dispose 
of our bad goods,^ 

I hope, father, that my report has met with your 
approval, and that I may continue to receive your sup- 
port, without which it would be impossible for me to live. 
I thank you for your support in the past and solicit your 
future aid. Your obedient daughter, 

LIQUOR TRAFFIC^ 


THE BLACK FAMILY 


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CHAPTER III. 

Mr. Voter Comments on Liquor Traffic’s Report and 

Calls for a Report From Dance. — Her Report. 

After listening- to the blood-curdling report of his 
daughter, Liquor Traffic, Mr. Voter rose tp his feet. He 
addressed the conference thus: “I hardly know just 
what to say to my daughter. Liquor Traffic. I feel 
grieved to hear of the terrible work she has done the past 
year. I did not intend she should be so severe. I guess 
it is really my fault, as I gave her leave to go ahead and 
do her worst ; but I did not know what her worst was. I 
will not scold her, however; she will not have so much 
power another year. I do not blame her for all this 
trouble and death, I blame myself ; therefore, I will be 
more careful this time when I appoint her to her year’s 
work.” 

Now, Dance, we will hear your report. Be honest 
and tell us all. 

Here Dance stood to her feet, and after addressing 
herself to the conference, she began reading her report. 
It was as follows : I feel encouraged over the success of 
my year’s work, and while sister Liquor Traffic and I 
have done a great deal of work together, I alone have 
made a specialty of robbing young girls of their virtue, 


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THE BLACK FAMILY 


throwing thousands whom sister could never reach. My 
main work this year has been to help Mr. Procurer in 
capturing the more timid ones whom he was unable to 
get alone. 

We take a young girl, whose every motive, when 
first entering my home, is as pure as an angel, and by the 
liberties that I allow Mr. Procuror to take, liberties that 
are nowhere else permitted, we succeed in arousing her 
inner passions, and this taken advantage of it is not long 
until she will allow almost anything while under his in- 
fluence. Thus the lower nature is developed until she be- 
comes an easy prey. 

After he is through with her he sells her to sister Pros- 
titution. In a little while she get4 through with her and 
she becomes an outcast. She sobn finds relief in the river 
or elsewhere for her trouble,>thus giving place for some 
other pure American girl. \J 

I am fraid, however, father, that I am losing ground. 
I am ashamed to own it, but really I fear I am losing 
right along. I am especially losing among the more re- 
spectable people of this country. I still have full sway 
among the upper ten, the four hundred and the saloon 
and brothel element ; but the common class of people are 
beginning to object to my ruining. They cannot cover 
their sins with money as the wealthier class so often do. 

I was very much grieved the other day in looking 
through a magazine to find this article : 

‘‘No harm in the dance? Come with me a while and 
let us see about it before we make a final decision. Note 
the following facts: First, the dance is an invention of 


THE BLACK FAMILY 


19 


harlots for the purpose of arousing the passions of men, 
with a view to pacifying them for a price. Second, the 
dance was one of the chief means Nero used in corrupt- 
ing Rome. Third, it is a favorite amusement in brothels 
and among the lewd sort. Fourth, it is against nature 
for two of the opposite sex to come into such contact with 
each other, as the round dance allows, and not have theit 
passions aroused. 

Imagine, mother, your precious girl of only fifteen 
summers, pure, clean and innocent, in the arms of some 
villian. Such as he can be found as black sheep in the 
best society and his whole being is set on fire with lust, 
as he folds closer and closer your darling to him. Not 
being used to the fascinating music, the whirl of the waltz 
and the personal contact of the opposite sex, she has a 
strange feeling coming over her, her blood begins to boil 
and her partner, v/ith his keen eyes, detects it. He 
presses her nearer and nearer to him, until their whole 
bodies are finally pressed together so tightly that they 
glide over the floor as one person. All this time he is 
whispering words of love and flattery in your darling’s 
ears as he breathes out his affection (?) for her. She is 
so overcome by all these new experiences that she hears 
but little he says. She finally gets so weak that she is 
helpless in his hands. He extends his right limb and your 
precious, innocent darling rests her weight partly astride 
of his limb. This she unwillingly but meekly endures 
but for a few seconds when she is so overcome that she 
faints away from pure excitement of the animal passion. 
In a good many cases she has not been warned by mother 


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THE BLACK FAMILY 


or had these sexual functions explained to her, and in her 
innocence she does not seem to know what is the trouble. 
However, this devil in human form, who has her in his 
arms, knows just what it all means. It is a step in his 
favor while trying to rob your child of virtue and hap- 
piness. 

On and on goes the maddening whirl of the dance. 
Down the line we see your darling, pale-faced and her 
head resting on this strong man‘s bosom, this man who 
before tonight was an entire stranger. His right arm is 
about her waist, and her frail form is drawn so close to 
him that she moves when he moves, with no effort on her 
part ; in fact, her feet seldom touch the floor and she rests 
her weight on his right limb. On they come, his eyes 
glaring into the face of this helpless lamb, going to her 
death, unconscious of all around her. 

From long experience this demon knows just what 
to do. He takes her to the open window and as the cool 
night air strikes her she instantly recovers. Conversa- 
tion is then resumed and the manner of her partner 
changed. He is a gentleman now. 

Before your darling has time to break away from 
her would-be adm.irer, for she fairly hates him now, the 
music ceases. The giddy crowd comes rushing up and 
amid the lightness and gaiety she is hurried off to the 
dining room. There light refreshments are served before 
the one oTlock round, and for the first time in your 
child’s life she is offered wine. Her whole sensitive nature 
revolts against it. “No,” she says, “my mother would 
never consent to my touching anything of this kind. I 


THE BLACK FAMILY 


21 


cannot take it, so please do not ask me again.” 

Mr. Procuror knows too well that it will do no good 
to try wine to carry out his hellish schemes. He gives 
the waiter a knowing wink and a bit of powder is put into 
your darling’s lunch. In less than half an hour, while 
perfectly conscious of all around her, she is practically 
helpless and at his mercy. Now, he will show the same 
mercy for your child that a wolf shows a helpless lamb. 

One o’clock comes, and instead of going back to the 
hall a prearranged plan is fully carried out. A closed car- 
riage is driven up to the door and this man and your 
daughter are driven away. She thinks to her home, but 
the driver knows where to go. He drives to a large white 
front on Tenderloin Avenue, and she, as helpless as a 
babe, is carried into the house and upstairs into an inner 
room. Once there, she might just as well be dead as 
far as you are concerned, mother. She is compelled to 
drink strong drink and soon goes off to sleep. Tomorrow 
morning — Oh ! such horror as that ‘‘Bird with the broken 
wing” awakens to. Oh ! awful fact that this villian has 
robbed her of her virtue and has gone ! Everything 
seems so strange to her. 

Rising, she dresses herself. When her toilet is about 
completed some one opens the door. She is greeted 
with. Well, my little birdie, how did you rest last night? 
Your head aches, does it? How did you enjoy the dance? 
At the word dance the poor child starts. Now it all 
dawns upon her. 

Some one asked mother if I might go to the Grand 
Ball with him. He said that only the best of society had 


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been invited and that they were expecting a great time. 
Yes, I remember it all now. I fainted in the arms of 
that handsome young traveling man. Then the supper, 
then the closed carriage, and then 

Here her visitor interrupted her thoughts by say- 
ing: “You are my property now; so you must get ready 
and come down to breakfast. Your lover has gone. I 
paid him fifty dollars for you this morning. Give up all 
idea of ever seeing papa or mamma again, for we have 
you caged.” 

“Oh ! the horror of being in a house of shame ! Sold, 
and for only fifty dollars ! Less than papa has paid for a 
good dairy cow! What will poor papa and mamma do?” 

By this time several other girls have gathered 
around the “new girl.” By order of the madam, she is 
forced to drink some wine. This continues all day, and 
when night comes she is not able to resist the assault of 
the scoundrel who has paid the madam $150 for the first 
night with your fair daughter. Can she help it? Is she 
to blame? If you had said “no” yesterday when your 
permission was asked concerning the dance would she be 
where she is tonight? 

She soon finds out that she is lost. She gives up to 
the situation and sinks into sin; while the villian who 
dragged her down goes on to repeat the some thing with 
some other mother’s darling. 

We drop the curtain here on this horrible scene and 
ask you again if there is any harm in the dance. 

Some one says: “Yes, but my daughter will never 
be allowed to go to that kind of a ball. We only attend 


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the select dance. There is no danger of my child ever 
being tripped like this one was.” 

When I tell you that in one city alone at one time 
there were 35,000 fallen girls, and that eighty-four of 
every one hundred were there through the dance, you 
will understand that the dance is nothing to be trifled 
with. It is a scheme of the Devil to drag our beautiful 
American girls down to degradation, ruin and Hell. 

At this very time there is an organized, systemized 
^Traflic in Girls” that is dragging from our homes our 
precious girls at the rate of 60,000 every year, 5,000 every 
thirty days, 170 every twenty-four hours, or a young life 
ruined in this Christian land every eight minutes. Will 
you not agree with me that the select dance is not the 
place for your daughter? 

We once heard a young man remark that if he saw 
a young girl that he wanted to hug, he could do so if he 
could get to dance with her, and she would never object 
in the least. The rest between dances not excepted. In 
fact, that is what most people go to the dance for, either 
to hug or be hugged. For the liberties allowed in the 
ball-room are tolerated nowhere else. 

'Tmagine a father and mother,” says Sister Edholm, 
in her remarkable book, “Traflic in Girls,” “on returning 
home from prayer meeting, finding their thirteen-year- 
old daughter in the embrace of a big, burly fellow that 
neither of them have ever seen before. It is certain that 
the father would assist the gentleman out at the front 
door with the toe of his boot. Yet those same parents 
the next night will consent to this girl going to a select 


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dance, and not only be embraced by one, but by every 
man at the dance, strangers not excepted.” Is this wis- 
dom? Parents will not allow every Tom, Dick and 
Harry to hug their daughters away from the dance. 
Why should they allow it there? What is the difference? 

If I wanted to hug your daughter right bad I would 
much rather take her to the dance and there hug and 
fondle her for three or four hours than to have your con- 
sent for such work in your home. This remark was made 
to a mother by a young man while talking of the liberties 
indulged in by dancers. He continued that there he 
could hug her as close and as long as he pleased and no 
one would think ill of him. At the same time the effect 
on the sexual passions is precisely the same . 

How about it, fathers, are we going to raise girls to 
supply the brothels of this country, and feed the lusts of 
sinful men, at the rate of one every eight minutes? There 
are at present 330,000 fallen girls in America, most of 
them American girls. Of these 90% would never have 
fallen but for the trickery of lustful men. What are we as 
voters doing to protect our little girls against this terrible 
onslaught? You say: “What can we do with reference 
to the dance so that it will help matters any?” I will 
answer your question by asking another : Who are the 
law makers of this country? You answer: “The voters, 
of course.” Well then, why don’t we as voters see to it 
that there is a law provided, and carried out, making it a 
crime to give or attend a dance. You say: “We cannot 
rob people of their liberty, this is a free country.” But 
when we see our sons and daughters indulging in any 


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liberty that is destructive to their very character it is 
our duty to do away with that liberty. 

When in some of our large towns the physicians de- 
clared that the skating rinks were killing hundreds of 
their citizens it did not take the authorities long to put a 
stop to roller skating. Was this robbing our young peo- 
ple of their liberties? Just the same as it would be to 
stop the dance. Therefore, when the decent part of the 
country will rise in arms against this social evil and de- 
clare it to be disastrous to social purity, it will not take 
long to put it down. How could it when 75% of all the 
girls in the houses of shame have gone there through 
the dance? 

Listen to what Sister Edholm says about this virtue- 
robbing, soul-damning evil : ‘Tt is an adage among pro- 
curers that if you can get a girl to dance, and to drink 
wine, everything else will follow. While this is probably 
an exaggeration as to all girls, for we believe that many 
girls do both, perhaps, and retain their virtue, yet these 
are the exceptions that prove the rule, and there is no 
doubt that this ‘‘dance of death” is indeed the ruin of 
thousands of our young men and maidens. Hundreds of 
young men have said to me : ‘Mrs. Edholm ,I cannot be 
a Christian and dance ; when I was a little fellow in the 
Sunday School I was converted, and joined the church. 
After I went into society, and became a dancer, I had 
impure feelings in spite of myself. I would not insult 
any of the high-toned girls of our set with whom I 
danced, but many a man has not so much honor. I went 
right from waltzing with those girls and spent the rest of 


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the night in a haunt of shame. Mother’s heart would 
break if she knew my life. Little did she think when she 
used to get up the nice little dancing parties in our own 
parlor that she herself was starting me to a life of im- 
purity, and I have lost all my desire to be a Christian 
man.’ Many of the secretaries of the Y. M. C. A. have 
confirmed this statement, and they admit that more men 
are kept away from Christ by lust than from anything 
else, save its twin brother drink. The dance is a war on 
home, on physical health and men’s moral nature. The 
dance is the broad avenue through which thousands press 
into the brothel. The dancing hall is the nursery of the 
divorce court, the training school of prostitution, the 
graduating school of infamy — “Traffic in Girls.” 

“How Christian parents can encourage their children 
to attend the dance when they know what the tempta- 
tions are, is a mystery to me. I believe that in a good 
many cases it is due to a lack of parental control. The 
parents, while fully aware of the danger to which their 
children are subjected, have not sufficient control to keep 
them from going. Thus the' sins of the children are 
caused by the negligence of the parents. 

It is our duty as parents to see to it that our chil- 
dren are educated against, instead of in favor of, these 
evils. This so-called modesty on the part of parents, and 
especially of mothers, is filling the brothels of our larger 
towns. When will parents awake to the fact that their 
children have a mind of their own. They are not sticks. 
They see mysterious things around home and come to 
mother for an explanation. She, instead of explaining 


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the mystery, as a faithful mother should, in order to clear 
the puzzled little mind, answers: “Hush-sh-sh! You 
must not talk of such things. That is naughty.” The 
child goes away more mystified than ever and that 
mother is badly deceived if she thinks the child will be 
satisfied with this answer. If it cannot learn the truth 
from mother it will from some other source, and often 
from the wrong one: Here is the danger : This little 
child, whose curiosity has been aroused to its limit, will, 
the first time it gets with other children, speak of the 
thing uppermost in its mind. It learns from these chil- 
dren things that will cause its parents no end of trouble 
and probably a broken heart over a wayward boy or girl. 
This could easily have been averted if that first time its 
curiosity was aroused you had taken the little one on your 
lap and explained the matter in such a way as to relieve 
the bewildered little brain. 

Sister Edholm says in connection with the ignorance 
of children : ‘‘Mothers and fathers will have much to 
answer for at the bar of God because they allow a false 
modesty to prevent them from explaining to their chil- 
dren the use and abuse of the sexual system, as they 
teach them the use and abuse of the stomach, or any 
other organ of the body. Why there should be such re- 
serve in speaking of the reproductive organs, while all 
others are freely discussed is a mystery, and can only 
be explained on the theory that the great majority of 
people are guilty of sexual excess and do not like to dis- 
cuss their own sins. Whatever the cause, the fact re- 
mains, and can best be exemplified by the methods of in- 


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formation, or rather of repressing information in the 
average child. For instance, the little girl says, on the 
advent of her baby brother, ‘Mamma, where did little 
brother come from?’ Many a mother tells a downright 
lie to her child and says, ‘Oh, the doctor found him out 
under the goose-berry bush.’ Another is too conscientious 
and says, ‘Hush-sh-sh! You must not talk of such mat- 
ters. That is naughty.’ 

In the first place, the child’s observation of animals 
soon teaches her that her mother has told her a lie. Im- 
agine the moral effect on the child. She knows her 
mother would not tell a lie on other matters, and in her 
childish logic concludes that to tell lies on sexual matters 
is justifiable — for mamma does it and what mamma does 
must be right. 

By and by mamma wakes up to the fact that her 
little girl, to satisfy a child’s natural curiosity, has asked 
other girls and boys where their little brothers and sisters 
came from, which information, and much besides, she 
finds they cheerfully give, and teach the little one im- 
purity of thought and act, and when mother asks her 
about It the child follows her mother’s example and lies 
out of it. In fact, she thinks she has done something 
“smart.” That mother has lost the confidence of her 
child, the child’s greatest protection against evil, and if 
she is ever led away by evil companions the mother must 
certainly blame herself.” 

On the other hand, the mother makes her little girl 
feel that everything connected with reproduction is 
“naughty,” and a feeling of contempt and horror for the 


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organs of reproduction fills the child’s mind. The 
thought is cherished and grows with her growth, and by 
the peculiar power of mind over body, and the wonderful 
strength of habitual thought, the girl, and thousands like 
her, find the functions of wifehood a horror, which even 
strong emotional love cannot overcome. The husband, 
finding no reciprocity at home, seeks the house of her 
whose steps take hold on Hell. He dishonors himself 
in foulest sin. The penalty of which is the most horrible 
disease, which he transmits to his wife and innocent chil- 
dren. A shameful divorce suit follows in time and another 
home is broken up. Whose fault is it, mother? 

How much better if the mother had taken the little 
child with the heart overflowing with love for the baby 
brother, to her the purest and dearest thing on earth, and 
said : “Darling, God gave little brother to mamma. For 
a little while before he was born, while the tiny little 
creature was getting strong enough to bear the cold, God 
let him stay in a little house right underneath mamma’s 
heart where not a breath of air could touch him. Mamma 
was so happy and wondered how her baby would look, 
whether it would have blue eyes or black, golden hair 
or brown. Every stitch in baby’s clothing was a stitch 
of love, and mamma knew that papa and she and you 
would love the little darling so much. 

Mamma cannot explain everything to you now ,but, 
darling, whenever you want to know anything about our 
precious baby be sure to ask mamma. Do not ever speak 
about such sacred things to any one except papa or 


mamma. 


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Not only girls, but boys as well, should thus be taken 
into the confidence of their parents. Any one can see that 
children taught thus will come away from mamma’s sick 
chamber with such a reverence for motherhood and fath- 
erhood, and with such a disgust from learning such things 
from companions, that they would always be shielded 
from evil.” 

What God-inspired advice this is. If mothers would 
follow it out, and as the child grows older would explain 
to her the whole reproductive system, it might be differ- 
ent with her when, in the emibrace of a strange man at 
the dance, she felt the rising of passion. Instead of being 
entirely ignorant of what it meant until it is forever too 
late, she would understand it and shun the villian as she 
would a viper. Thus she would be saved from a life 
worse than death. 

The best way, even after giving your child this early 
teaching, is never to allow them to attend parties or 
dances. If your child should be thrown out on the cold 
world as many girls have been, where mother or father 
have died, or proven untrue, or from poverty or some 
other source have been forced to put their children out in 
the world, and they are influenced to attend the dance, 
probably through a dancing church member, this early 
teaching will in many cases be the means, in the hands of 
a merciful and loving Heavenly Father, of saving your 
darling from falling. So I say, in spite of what people 
may say about children being kept ignorant of these things 
let them learn just as fast as their little minds can grasp 
it, all things connected with reproduction. 


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My main reason for holding to this idea is that they 
will learn it anyway. If not from parents, from some 
vulgar boy or girl, and that in most cases leads to some- 
thing worse. 

Teach the children, boys as well as girls, the evils 
connected with the saloon, the dance and the brothel, and 
get their minds poisoned against these three sisters. This 
will serve as a great source of protection to them through 
life. 

I have a sweet little girl that I love, I am sure, as 
well as it is possible for father to love daughter; yet, if I 
had to choose today between the grave and the dance, I 
would have to say: “Lord, take her in her purity, then I 
know she will be safe.” Permitting her to go to the 
dance, where she would stand but little, if any, chance 
of retaining her purity, is turning her from the narrow 
path, which, God grant, will never happen. Yea, I would 
rather see my precious little darling lying cold in death 
than to see her become fascinated with the soul-damning, 
moral-wrecking, virtue-robbing dance. 

“Well,” some one says, “what about the boys? Are 
they guiltless? You have said nothing about them in 
railing on the dance.” Not by any means. If it were 
not for the dances there would not be such a demand for 
“felled” girls. And, too, the moral-wrecking and soul- 
damning influence of the dance is just as bad on the boy 
as the girl. Here is the only difference I have ever been 
able to see. A girl and boy can go to the dance together, 
dance together, be overcome together and fall together, 
when the girl is driven to the brothel to lead a life of 


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shame, while her accomplice in the fall is never as much 
as reprimanded for his deed. People seem to think that 
when God said in the Seventh Commandment, “Thou 
shalt not commit adultery,” he spoke only to the female. 
However, He did not mention sex, so it is just as much 
harm for the boy as for the girl, and will be proven at the 
judgment bar of God. 

When the girls of America rise to a sense of their 
rights and demand the same standard of purity of the 
boys that they require of them, this one-sided business 
will come to a halt, and not until then. 

Now, father, you have heard what my enemies have 
to say about me, and I confess to you that they have got- 
ten it straight, too. The only thing I have done which is 
not mentioned in this article is my underhand way of 
working, which they do not know of or at least do not 
mention. I will not take time to report any of my work 
already mentioned in the article I have just read to you, 
but will begin where the article leaves off. 

I have had the pleasure of seeing a goodly number 
of husbands prove untrue to their wives, husbands which 
were as true as steel before making my acquaintance. 
As you know, one of my strongholds is to get the opposite 
sex as close together as possible and thus arouse their 
animal passion. This done, they will take care of them- 
selves. If I fail in finishing the work, sister Liquor Traf- 
fic comes to my aid, and between the two of us we soon 
lead them both to ruin. Thus the husbands are untrue 
to their wives, and wives are untrue to their husbands. 
In this way I contribute more than my share to Uncle 


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Sam through the Divorce Courts. 

Of the 330,000 stranded girls in America, three- 
fourths took their first crooked step from my house. Of 
the 60,000 that go down each year, three-fourths of them 
have a man’s arm clasped around them the first time at 
my place of business. 

One sporting house madam in a Western city told 
an enemy of mine that seven out of every ten girls that 
came to her house came through my influence. Most 
people are entirely ignorant of the great amount of work 
I am doing under one of my nom de plumes, the Party. 
I encourage the younger folks to attend these and create 
the desire for the dance. And here they always meet 
sister Prostitution, as well as to my headquarters, looking 
for victims, and she generally finds them, even among 
these young folks, and some of them mere children. 

I could name a hundred and one ways in which we 
are carryong on our work, but will wait till next confer- 
ence. As it is growing late I will give place to sister 
Prostitution so she will have plenty of time to give in 
her report. I should think that she would be ashamed 
to say anything, the way she has acted this year. Why, 
it has taken about all we could do to keep her at work. 
We could hear her wails and cries all night. You will 
have to watch her, father, or you will lose her. 

Thanking you for your kindness and support, I re- 
main yours for further orders. 


DANCE. 


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CHAPTER IV. 

Mr. Voter Comments on Dance’s Report — Calls for a 
Report from Prostitution. — Her Report. 

After listening to Dance’s report with some marked 
signs of nervousness, Mr. Voter arose to his feet and look- 
ing his wife full in the face for. some moments, said : 
‘‘My dear, I see nothing for us to do but to strip our 
daughters of some of their power. This report is simply 
horrible. And the worst of it is, I feel that we are to 
blame. The girls are simply doing as they have been 
taught. We cannot blame them. 

Well, we will have your report first. Prostitution, 
then I will have my say. Be brief now, daughter, but tell 
the whole truth. What have you been doing the past 
year? 

All this time Prostitution had been sitting with her 
face covered with her hands and silently weeping. She 
had been thinking of the many sad, heart-rending scenes 
she had witnessed during the past twelve months. The 
sad, wan faces of the precious girls that Liquor Traffc 
and Dance had brought to her place against their wills 
and she was compelled to lock them up and continue the 
awful work her sisters had begun. 

But now her father has called on her for her report, 


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SO she must give it. 

She slowly rises to her feet, and with eyes red from 
much weeping and voice trembling with emotion, she 
reads her report, which is as follows : 

“If it were possible for me to be excused from this 
painful duty, I would ask father to let me off without 
giving my report, but as I know it is absolutely necessary 
I will do the best I can. Please be patient with me and 
I will tell as near as possible the whole truth. What 
sisters Liquor Traffic and Dance have told concerning 
my trying to get away from this awful work that I am 
engaged in is true. I would be glad to be freed from 
this terrible bondage. It breaks my heart when I see so 
many of those precious, innocent girls dragged into a life 
to sin and degradation. As I hear their pitiful wails night 
after night, as they cry themselves to sleep over loss of 
virtue, home and happiness, everything, in fact, that is 
near and dear to them, it is more than I can bear. I would 
gladly resign my work of destruction if the other two 
girls would stop sending their soiled goods to me to care 
for. I have long since given up in despair. I have plead 
and prayed, father, that you would free me, but you 
seem to turn a deaf ear to my cry, so I suppose I will 
have to keep silent and endure my lot to the end of time. 
Then I will be freed from all my trouble. 

Well, father, lest I weary you with my lamentations, 
I will spare you any further trouble along this line and 
will give you my report. 

Sisters Liquor Traffic and Dance gave you a great 
many facts about my work that I shall repeat, my report 


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being separate from theirs. 

My record shows at the present time 330,000 fallen 
girls. My yearly average is 60,000. Most of this great 
number would never have come to me but for Liquor 
Traffic and Dance. I have listened to the testimony of 
every girl that has ever come under my roof and I find 
that 75% of them have fallen through sister Dance’s 
influence. There are so many ways being used to down 
the young people of our country that it seems to me, 
father, that you ought to put a stop to some of them. You 
can do it if you wish to do so. It seems hard to say it, 
but do you know, father, if the other two girls were killed 
I would be willing to die. I would gladly lay down my 
life in order to stop this wholesale damnation of souls. 
I am sure of one thing, and that is that it would be im- 
possible for me to live if the other two girls were done 
away with. It may seem heartless on my part to wish 
my own sisters harm, but would it not be better for three 
persons to perish than that five or six hundred thousand 
should perish yearly? The deaths that we three cause will 
reach at least that number every year. I am in hopes that 
the time is drawing near when I shall be free. I am no 
prophet, but I believe that this is our last conference. I 
shall not take any more of your time and will close by 
thanking you for your patience with me and asking you 
to please withdraw your support, as I prefer death to life. 
Your heart-sick daughter and servant, 

PROSTITUTION. 


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CHAPTER V. 

Mr. Voter Comments on Prostitution’s Report. — He 
Addresses the Conference. — The Conference Ad- 
journs. — The Three Black Sisters Return to Their 
Different Fields of Labor. 

While Prostitution was giving her report Mr. Voter 
and his wife were weeping bitterly. They realized that 
Prostitution had been telling the truth and that she must 
soon be freed from her awful bondage. Of course, that 
would mean the death of their other two daughters. Mr. 
Voter slowly arose to his feet, and turning his tear- 
stained face of his daughter Prostitution said : “I see, 
my dear, as I have never seen before, the awful and cruel 
bondage to which you are subjected. Never mind, we 
will soon see a change in things and we hope to see you 
free. Now as the time is drawing near when we shall 
have to adjourn I must hurry on. I have been strangely 
moved all through this conference, for I never before saw 
the evil that exists in the work of Liquor Traffic and 
Dance as I see it now. I have never felt so sorry for 
Prostitution as I feel now. And to think of all this suf- 
fering and sin and death as being my fault. It is almost 
more than I can bear. However, I will say nothing more 
of it at present, but will see what can be done at the 


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spring election. 

Now, Liquor Traffic, you go ahead with your work 
of destruction until you hear from me. I wish, though, 
that you would not be so heartless. Your past year’s 
work is something awful. Go ahead now, with the 
understanding that at any time during the year that I 
see fit to call a halt you will be ready to comply without 
a second notice. 

And you. Dance, may go on with your work with 
the same understanding. I am almost hearsick over the 
work that you and Liquor Traffic have done the past 
year. 

Now, Prostitution, I will do all in my power to help 
you as soon as I can get the necessary time. You will 
have to continue your work as it is for the present. I 
will bring you relief as soon as possible. 

It is now time to bring our conference to a close, so 
I will bid you adieu. Be careful, girls, and do no more 
damage than you can help. This conference is now a 
thing -of the past. 

Liquor Traffic and Dance returned to their work 
with a determination to damn more souls than ever, if 
possible. 

Prostitution did not go to her work till next day, and 
then it was with a heavy heart. She was compelled to 
do her work against her will, and so made up her mind 
that she would do as little harm as possible. 

We will leave these three Black sisters now for 
awhile and go with Mr. Voter to see what he will do. He 
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should be ready to come home at any time. We will see 
if we can discover what he meant. 

Mr. Voter left the seat of conference this time with 
a different view of matters in general than he had ever 
had before. He had fully made up his mind that Pros- 
titution should be freed from her cruel bondage if pos- 
sible. 

The next day after the conference Mr. Voter called 
on a young man by the name of Prohibition and asked 
him if he could help him out of his trouble, whereupon 
Mr. Prohibition, after ascertaining the nature of his 
friend’s trouble, assured him that he would do anything 
within the bounds of reason to help him. The following 
is the conversation which took place between them. 
Mr. Voter began by saying: “You see, Mr. Prohibition, 
it is like this. My youngest daughter. Prostitution, is in 
sore trouble. She feels as though she has been imposed 
upon by my two older daughters Liquor Traffic and Dance. 
Really, I suppose the poor child is right, and while at- 
tending our last annual conference only a few days ago, 
she plead so earnestly for help that I am determined to 
help her, if possible. 

Now the only way I see to render her this aid is to 
reform her sisters. You know as well as I do that as 
long as Liquor Traffic and Dance are as they are we can 
do absolutely nothing to help her, as her home is used 
as a store house for ruined goods coming from the homes 
of the other two. So it is plain to see that as long as the 
other two are allowed to go on with their work of de- 
struction it will be impossible to help Prostitution. 


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Now my plan, Mr. Prohibition, is this: I feel sure 
that both Liquor Traffic and Dance would reform and 
be good girls if I could find a couple of good moral young 
men to take them to wife. I have great confidence 
in the power of influence. I have been watching you 
and Mr. Church Party and have come to the conclusion 
that you are the ones most fitted for this great task of 
retorming my two daughters. I believe if you will take 
Liquor Traffic and move into that house of mine on Dis- 
pensary Street, where she will be away from her old 
associates, that it will not be long until she will reform. 
I realize, Mr. Prohibition, that this will be a great hu- 
miliation to you, but I believe it is the only safe course 
to take. Therefore, I ask you to take her and do your 
best to reform her and I will stand by you.” 

“I confess to you, Mr. Voter, that I believe your 
plan to be a good one. I feel sure that with the aid I will 
receive from the association we will have on Dispensary 
Street that it will not be a great while until your daughter 
will reform. I will accept her as my wife and promise 
you that I will do my best for her. I must be going now, 
Mr. Voter. I will see you again in a few days ; meanwhile 
we will arrange for the wedding.” 

The two men here separated, Mr. Voter going to the 
house of Mr. Church Party and Mr. Prohibition to see 
Miss Liquor Traffic. 

Mr. Voter soon arrived at the house of Mr. Church 
Party. After a few moments' conversation he approached 
the subject by saying: *‘Well, Mr. Church Party, I have 
come to see you upon a very serious matter, I am in 


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41 


need of help that I am sure no one can give quite so well 
as you. At our conference a few days ago, my youngest 
daughter, Prostitution, plead so hard for freedom from 
her cruel bondage that I was moved to that extent that 
I will do anything in my power to help her. In order, 
therefore, that I might solicit your aid in this great un- 
dertaking I have come here. It will be impossible for me 
to do anything definite toward helping her until I reform 
her two elder sisters. Liquor Traffic and Dance, as her 
home is used as a store room for their ruined goods. I 
was ovei to see Mr. Prohibition this afternoon and after 
putting the matter before him as best I could he has con- 
sented to take Liquor Traffic to wife. He thinks by mov- 
ing over on Dispensary Street, away from the old sur- 
roundings, he will be able soon to reform her. Now what 
I want you to do is to take the other girl. Dance, to wife, 
and move wdth her immediately to Skiptamalloo Street. 

I feel sure that she will be satisfied with you, and soon 
reform ; thus you will help me in my effort to free Pros- 
titution.^^ 

“I may as well confess to you, Mr. Voter, that I have 
been in love with Dance for some time. Yes, sir; I will 
gladly take hre and I sincerely believe that I can do her 
good.'' 

“Well, then we will let it go at that, and just as soon 
as you see fit you may call and get Dance and take her 
down to the Judge's Office and have him tie the knot. I 
must be going now, Mr. Church Party. I will see you 
again soon." 

The two separated here. Mr. Voter went directly to 


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his home at Washington, D. C., to visit his wife, Mrs. 
Law, and Mr. Church Party to visit Miss Dance and 
claim her as his bride. 


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43 


CHAPTER VI. 

The Wedding. 

After leaving Mr. Voter, Mr. Prohibition made his 
way to Miss Liquor Traffic’s room and told her of his talk 
with her father and the decision they had made. At first 
Liquor Traffic did not wish to compromise, but finally 
did give in and promise to marry Mr. Prohibition. 

The date was set and after a few moments of private 
conversation Mr. Prohibition took his leave. 

While Mr. Prohibition was visiting Miss Liquor 
Traffic, Mr .Church Party was visiting Miss Dance. She 
accepted his proposal of marriage, the day was set and 
Mr. Voter and wife notified of it, and began due prepara- 
tion for the wedding. 

Mr. Voter all this time was busy with his wife, Mrs. 
Law, trying to get her consent to Liquor Traffic’s mar- 
riage with Mr. Prohibition, which he finally succeeded in 
doing, and they both attended the wedding of their two 
daughters. 

After the wedding both parties moved into their re- 
spective homes and the two men began their work of 
reformation. 

Everything moved on very smoothly for some time 
at the house on Dispensary Street and Mr. Prohibition 


44 THE BLACK FAMILY 

was beginning to think that he was going to accomplish 
his task. 

But, alas, the poor fellow was doomed to disappoint- 
ment. Miss Liquor Traffic had old friends who found 
out where she had moved and so they paid her a visit. 
Mr. Brewer was the first to call. After the usual greet- 
ing he asked her reason for deserting her old friends, and 
before she could explain who should step in but Mr. Red 
Nose, quickly followed by Mrs. Tippler, Blear Eye, Beer 
Sot and many of her other friends. She, of course, for- 
got all about her good resolutions, and falling right into 
line again, began her old tricks of crazing men and send- 
ing them home to whip their wives, brutalize their chil- 
dren and make the whole neighborhood miserable. 

Matters kept getting worse and worse, till one day 
Mr. Prohibition, sitting in his office musing over his 
troubles, was aroused by a knock at the door. Upon open- 
ing it he saw a little boy about twelve years old, whose 
appearance showed that some loving hand was caring 
for him, for though his clothes were in rags they were 
miraculously clean. The little fellow was weeping like 
his poor little heart would break. Mr. Prohibition, 
touched by the incident, asked the child into his office, 
but he refused, saying that he must hurry home. On 
being asked his errand he replied: 'T just thought I 
would come over and ask you if you would come home 
with me and be there when they bring father home. He 
is to be hung this afternoon at 3 o’clock and we felt just 
like we couldn’t bear to be there alone when they bring 
his body in. You see, Mr. Prohibition, it is this way: 


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45 


Papa was a very good man till he took to drinking. He 
would then come home and whip poor mamma because 
she did not have the meals ready when she had nothing 
with which to get a meal. We are hungry most of the 
time and we have no clothes, and now our home is going 
to be broken up altogether. 

Last Saturday night papa came home drunk. 
Mamma had no supper ready because she had nothing to 
get supper with. Papa became very angry at this and 
struck mamma on the head, knocking her over against 
the stove. He then left the house. We waited for 
mamma to get up. After quite a little while I went to her 
and found her dead. Dead! Oh! Mr .Prohibition, you 
never can know the awful horror that come over me. 
There we were, my two little sisters and I, our only 
friend dead, and we alone in this big world. A hatred 
sprang up in my heart for father because he had done 
such a thing, but when I remembered that poor mamma 
had said many times that papa was a good man, but 
whisky did it, I didn’t feel bad toward him any more. 

When papa came back after awhile and found what 
he had done he left at once and gave himself up to the 
police. At the trial on Monday morning papa was sen- 
tenced to hang. They will hang him this afternoon at 3 
o’clock. He is in jail now. Won’t you go and talk to him 
and then be at our place at 3 o’clock?” 

Mr. Prohibition promised to do as he was asked, and 
the child went back to his little sisters to await the dead 
body of their father. 

Our friend hurried to the jail in which was locked 


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the condemned man. On reaching the place he found the 
poor man lying on a couch in his cell and weeping bit- 
terly. “Good afternoon, my friend/’ said Mr. Prohibition, 
“how are you today? I thought I would come and read 
you a few promises and have prayer with you.” Well, 
said the poor man, “I can hardly tell you, but I am in 
trouble, sore trouble. I suppose I did it. I suppose I 
killed her, but I didn’t mean to do it. I loved her and 
she was a good wife to me. I didn’t mean to do it, my 
friend, but I was drinking and did not know when 
I did it.” 

As he was so broken up Mr. Prohibition left him 
to his fate after a word of prayer. It was now nearly 3 
o’clock, and he hurried to the home of the three little 
helpless, heart-broken orphans. He had not been there 
very long when he heard the tramp of feet. It was the 
officers bringing in the body of the man he had left weep- 
ing in his cell only a few moments before. 

While the officers were bringing in the rude pine box 
that contained the body of their father, the boy gathered 
his two little sisters in his arms and they wept together. 
When the lid Avas raised the boy came first to take a last 
look at his father, the one above all others who should 
have protected and helped him through life, but now a 
victim of the hand of justice. Placing his hand on his 
father’s forehead, he said: “Papa was a good man, but 
whiskey did it,” then turning to his sisters, he con- 
tinued : “Come, sisters, and kiss papa while he is warm ; 
he will soon be cold and these men will take him away 
and bury him, and then we will never see him again.” 


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47 


Then followed a scene that beggars all description. 
The officers, who were used to all kinds of scenes, burst 
into tears and left the room. Mr. Prohibition stood it 
as best he could till the end. When the body had been 
taken out to the grave he cared for the little ones and 
hurried home. 

He had made up his mind to persuade his wife to 
leave Dispensary Street, if possible, for this man he had 
just left in the grave-yard was Mr. Beer Sot, one of his 
wife’s intimate friends. It had begun to dawn upon him 
that he had taken the wrong step toward reforming 
Liquor Traffic. On reaching home he called his wife into 
the library and there related the whole sad story to her. 
When he had finished she broke out into a perfect flood 
of laughter, saying: “Why, Mr. Prohibition, this is the 
kind of work I have been doing all my life, so if you ex- 
pect to live with me you had just as well make up your 
mind to fall into line and enjoy yourself with the rest of 
us.” This was more than Mr. Prohibition could stand, so 
bidding his wife adieu he left her for Mr. Voter’s home, 
to ask his advice. When he reached his destination he 
found Mr. Voter at home, and also Miss Prostitution was 
there. 

As soon as he entered the room Miss Prostitution 
fell on her knees before him and addressed him as fol- 
lows : “O, Mr. Prohibition, what a sad mistake you and 
father made when you planned to marry sister Dance to 
Mr. Church Party and your moving over on Dispensary 
Street. Why, I am burdened now more than ever. 

While Dance and Church Party were separate I 


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only had the sorrow of seeing grown young ladies ruined, 
but now the girls and boys are flocking in by the score. 

Just last night my heart was almost broken at a 
scene I was compelled to witness. Mr. Red Nose, one 
of your wife's intimate friends, and a rich merchant in 
our town, came to me and demanded a young girl of the 
following description: “Twelve years old, spare built, 
light hair, blue eyes and fair skin. Must be fairly large 
for her age, plump and good form. 

He offered me $500.00 for such a girl for one week. 
Of course I had to obey him as sister Liquor Traffic has 
such an influence over men that they make these de- 
mands, and they must be supplied. 

Of course I knew just where to find his g^rl, so I 
sent Mr. Procurer over to Mr. Church Party’s, and he and 
Dance, with the help of a sister of Mr. Church Party, a 
Miss Skiptameloo, soon started Mr. Seducer off with his 
prize. When he brought the timid little thing in I never 
was so sorry for any one in my life. She did not realize 
where she was until I took her upstairs, and locking her 
in a room, prepared for the occasion. When she did come 
to a full realization of her danger she nearly went wild. 
Oh ! how it pained my heart to hear her plead to go back 
to papa and mamma. 

I sent word to Mr. Red Nose that I had secured his 
prize and was told that he would be there that night. He 
came and I took him to the room in which the little inno- 
cent girl was locked. As he had done many times before 
to ruin and wreck a fair young life and leave it to be bat- 
tered and torn on the rocks of discouragement until sui- 


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49 


cide should bring relief to the troubled and tempest- 
tossed soul. When we reached the room I unlocked the 
door and Mr. Red Nose stepped into the room. His first 
words as he got a glimpse of her were : “My, but she is 
a peach.” At the sound of his voice she turned and looked 
us full in the face, when I saw almost an angelic look 
come over the child's face, and throwing out her arms 
she rushed to Mr. Red Nose exclaiming: “Oh ! dear papa, 
I knew you would come and take me out of this horrible 
place. I knew you would.” 

Mr. Red Nose caught her in his arms and they wept 
together. He turned to me and said: “This is the last 
time you will ever be bothered with me. This is my 
youngest daughter. My God! what have I been doing?” 

He paid me his $500 and left me to muse over the 
scene. But what if the little girl had been some other 
father’s baby? Would it have made any difference with 
Mr. Red Nose? No, for he has been doing this kind of 
work ever since he has been associated with Liquor Traf- 
fic. Now, if you can do anything to help me I wish you 
would do it and do it now. 

“Mr. Voter,” said Mr. Prohibition, “I have come to 
seek your aid. I am at my wits ends to know what to do 
with Liquor Traffic. She is just as bad as ever. I can 
not see that moving on Dispensary Street has done her 
any good at all. You can see by the story that Prostitu- 
tion has just told us that both girls are just as bad as 
ever. I have tried to get her to move, but she says she 
will not do it, so I thought I would seek help from you. 
If you have any suggestions let us have them.” 


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“Well,” said Mr. Voter, “I think I have done all for 
Liquor Traffic that I ever shall do. Nevertheless, I will 
do what I can to help you. You go back and I will be 
there in a few days and we will see what can be done.” 

All this time Prostitution was silently listening to 
all that was said. 

After Mr. Prohibition had gone she approached her 
father and said : “Father, I plead with you to go as soon 
as you can, for I feel sure that sister Liquor Traffic and 
Dance will try to murder Mr. Prohibition because of 
what I heard Dance say the other day. They did not 
know I was near and I did not let them know, for I was 
afraid. I heard Dance say: “I see no other way 
than to secretly get rid of Mr. Prohibition. Mr. 
Anti-Prohibition will do the work for us. All I ask of 
you, Dance, is your promise to help me in case I should 
need you.” For fear I would be detected I skipped out and 
ran home.” 

After this conversation with Prostitution, Mr. Voter 
hurried to Mr. Prohibition’s aid. 

Immediately after Mr. Prohibition left for Wash- 
ington his wife began laying plans for his destruction. 
She realized that her cause would suffer as long as he 
lived, so she determined to get rid of him at any cost. 


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CHAPTER VII. 

The Plot. 

When Mr. Prohibition reached home he found every- 
thing in confusion. A large number of his wife’s friends 
were there, ready at a given signal from Liquor Traffic 
to hustle Mr. Prohibition out to a closed carriage ordered 
for the occasion. 

Liquor Traffic disappeared as soon as her husband 
came in, and before he had time to realize what they were 
doing a mob, headed by Mr. Anti-Prohibition, rushed 
upon him, and hurrying him out to the closed carriage, 
drove off in the darkness at full speed. 

Mr. Voter arrived just in time to see the carriage 
drive off, but not knowing what was going on did not 
pursue it. On entering the bar-room Mr. Voter found 
Liquor Traffic very much excited, and at the sight of 
her father she became more so, for she knew since her 
hazardous work was being uncovered that Mr. Voter 
was in sympathy with Mr. Prohibition. 

On being asked if Mr. Prohibition had returned yet. 
Liquor Traffic told her father that she had seen nothing 
of him. Mr. Voter said that he did not understand why 
it should have taken Prohibition so long to come home. 
Remembering the closed hack, he suspicioned the truth 


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and stepped outside with the intention of taking the di- 
rection they had taken when leaving the house. He met 
Prostitution just outside, who ran up to him, and taking 
his hand said: “Oh, father, I am glad you have come. 
Come quick! They are going to kill Mr. Prohibition.’^ 
On and on through the dark ran Mr. Voter and his 
daughter. Prostitution. Just as they were turning into 
the dark alley where the hack had been driven, who 
should they meet but Mr. Anti-Saloon, who joined them. 
As they ran Mr. Voter explained the whole matter to 
him. On they went until they came to the place where 
Prostitution had seen a band of masked men taking Mr. 
Prohibition up a flight of stairs. In they rushed and up the 
stairs, till they reached the top of the stairway. “What,” 
said Mr. Voter, “is not that our friend’s voice?” Again 
and again they heard a faint moan from somewhere, and 
while they recognized it to be the voice of Mr. Prohibi- 
tion they could not locate him. Finally, becoming des- 
perate, they burst in a door to the right, and to their 
amazement saw Mr. Prohibition lying on the floor, 
covered with blood, so weak from loss of it that he was 
unconscious of their presence. They gathered him up, 
and taking him to a nearby hospital, hurried back to 
Dispensary Street, where they hoped to find the mob 
that had done this awful deed. When they arrived they 
found the whole gang drinking and having a regular 
jubilee over their victory. Mr. Anti-Saloon would have 
opened fire on them and destroyed every one of them, 
but Mr. Voter interfered as he had telegraphed for his 
wife, Mrs. Law, to come at once, and he knew she would 


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soon be there. While they were waiting for Mrs. Law, 
Dance and her husband came in. (Mr. Church Party had 
long since lost all modesty and could now drink and 
carouse as much as any one.) The first thing Dance said 
on entering the room was: “Well, sister, did you get 
rid of him at last?” “Yes,” said Liquor Traffic, “your 
plan worked nicely.” “Good,” said Dance, “I thought 
we would be able to get rid of him. He is really dead, is 
he?” “Yes,” said Mr. Anti-Prohibition, “I know he is, 
for I am the gentleman that fixed him.” At this juncture 
Mrs. Law walked up, having been met at the train by 
Prostitution. 


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CHAPTER VIII. 

The Arrest and Trial. 

“Now/' said Mr. Voter, “I will lead the way and you 
must do your best not to let one escape." 

At a given signal our friends rushed in upon the 
mob, and as they did not expect them it was an easy mat- 
ter to capture the whole gang. 

At the trial next morning many witnesses were there, 
some witnessing for and some against Liquor Traffic and 
her friends. 

One witness, a Miss Party, half sister to Church 
Party, therefore related to Dance, while being examined 
said: “I know but little about this Mr. Prohibition, but 
one thing I do know, and that is that he has repeatedly 
threatened my friend. Liquor Traffic. I remember one 
night while visiting Miss Church Member, over on 
Worldly Avenue, that Liquor Traffic was there and ever 
so many of our friends, and as far as I could see all were 
having a good time, till all at once in came Mr. Prohibi- 
tion and drug my friend out of the house and would have 
killed her if it had not been for the rest of us. We sep- 
arated them and thus saved Liquor Traffic's life." Noth- 
ing of any consequence could be brought up against Pro- 
hibition, so the other witnesses were called, and as they 
gave in their testimony, one by one, it could be seen that 
the evidence was going against Liquor Traffic. We give 
only one testimony, that of Anti-Saloon, which was as 
follows: “I have been acquainted with both parties for 


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55 


many years and have been closely associated with both. 
Therefore, I am able to give you the facts in the case. 
I am conversant with every fight and with every com- 
promise that has ever existed between them. I have 
watched them both in their struggle for mastery and 
have wondered which of the two would at last win the 
victory. I find that in the last two years public sentiment 
has been in favor of Prohibition. There has been times 
when it looked as though Liquor Traffic would win the 
victory and have Prohibition put to death, while other 
times it looked as though Liquor Traffic was doomed. 
So it has been for forty years or more, but now I feel 
that the time has come when Mr. Voter will endure the 
present state of affairs no longer, but will at once instruct 
Mrs. Law to totally destroy Liquor Traffic. It is not 
worth while for me to dwell on the crimes that have been 
done by Liquor Traffic and her friends, for every one 
knows the world has been kept in awe by their crimes, 
so I will answer the questions that are asked me and 
leave the matter with Mrs. Law and Judge Justice.” 

After answering a few questions on the case in hands, 
Mr. Anti-Saloon was dismissed. 

The judge instructed the' jurors as to the law in the 
case and dismissed the court. It did not take the jury 
long to reach a conclusion, and while in the present case 
they could only find Liquor Traffic guilty of intent to 
kill, there were so many other cases brought up in court 
where she was proven to be a murderer that they found 
her guilty of murder in the first degree, and therefore 
worthy of death. 


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CHAPTER IX. 

The Execution. 

The sentence was passed and the next day Liquor 
Traffic, Dance and all other parties concerned were 
marched out, and Mrs. Law, instructed by Mr, Voter, 
gave Mr. Prohibition orders to utterly destroy them from 
our fair land, which, having left the hospital the day be- 
fore, he did. 

Now that Liquor Traffic and her associates were put 
to death, Mr. Voter called on Mr. Church Party and 
gave him orders never to appear on the stage of action 
again, and Mr. Church Party, knowing Mr. Voter’s power, 
was only too glad to obey his orders and step down 
and out. 


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67 


CHAPTER X. 

Prostitution Is Free. — She Changes Her Name. 

After leaving Mr. Church Party, Mr. Voter called on 
Mr. Prohibition to again receive his assistance in the 
further work of freeing Miss Prostitution. On meeting 
him the following conversation ensued: “Well,” said 
Mr. Voter, “what suggestions have you now, Mr. Prohi- 
bition, for our future work?” “I have this,” said Mr. 
Prohibition, “I think the next best thing to do is to ar- 
rest and condemn Mr. Procuror, as it will be next to 
impossible to do anything for Miss Prostitution as long as 
he lives.” Mr. Voter took his friend’s advice and when 
this was done it was an easy matter to find sufficient 
against Mr. Procuror to cause him to be put to death. 
So now, as these three worst enemies of hers were done 
away with. Prostitution began to straighten up, and in a 
short time, by the help she received from her father, 
mother and Mr. Prohibition, she became a perfect lady 
again. With the change came the desire for her home, 
and after being home for some time she asked her father 
if she could not take her old name of “Virtue” back again. 
She was told that she could and was never called by the 
name of Prostitution again, but instead her name was 
Virtue, 

In a very short time people began to recognize her 
as one among them, and she soon felt that she was some- 
body and life was worth living after all. 


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CHAPTER XI. 

The Wedding and Reign of Peace. 

Now, Mr. Prohibition made up his mind that he 
would like to secure this popular young lady, Miss Vir- 
tue, to be his wife, so he went to work to win her, and in 
the course of time he succeeded. Mr. Voter and Mrs. 
Law, of course, were delighted to have their daughter 
it could not help but bring forth Joy, Peace, Happiness, 
bition. 

The wedding was a grand one and many and costly 
were the gifts, but the best gift of all was the one given 
by the bride’s parents. Mr. Voter and Mrs. Law gave 
them as a wedding present The Power to Rule the 
World. With the world ruled by Prohibition and Virtue 
it could not help but bring forth Jtiy, Peace, Happiness, 
Prosperity and a Heaven on earth. 

Reader : 

This story is fiction in its arrangement, but every 
word of it is true as far as it has gone, and the rest is 
coming. It is only a matter of a few years until every 
word of this life sketch is realized. If God’s people 
everywhere would do their duty .at the polls it would 
not take very long to abolish the whole horrible business. 
Liquor Traffic, White Slave Trade, Dance and all. Let 
us pray that the day will soon come. For a further treat- 


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ment of this subject read the following books: 

Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls $1.50 

Curse of Drink 1,75 

The White Slave Hell 1.75 

Traffic in Girls 30 

Soundings of Hell 30 

From the Ball Room to Hell 25 

Hot Shots 50 

All prepaid. Address, 

THE FLOWERS PUBLISHING CO., 

Kearney, Neb. 

(The End.) 


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THE TRICKS OF THE DEVIL 

Is the name of a booklet written by Rev. S. L. Flowers 
especially for young converts. It expresses with no 
uncertain sound, the tricks that the Devil uses immedi- 
ately following a revival of religion. 

Every evangelist should take a number of these 
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